Thanks to everyone who attended Journopalooza. You helped raise a staggering $13,000 for the Committee to Protect Journalists and the National Press Club. Special thanks to the audience members from the intelligence community. You truly made the evening one to remember.

Photo by ret. Army Lt. Col. Bob Bateman. Yes, those are juiceboxes acting as kick-drum stoppers. I’m wearing a Max & The Marginalized t-shirt as an homage to a plan that couldn’t come together but would have been memorable if pulled off.